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I don't recall a FTP song from their latest album I really liked. As for Katy Perry, I haven't heard any new song from her this year. Crazy, huh?

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Will never understand "Witness" hate!

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There is something dislikeable in HAIM. :confused: I don't know how to describe it.

 

Witness is like the other Katy albums. Full with fillers. :michael: 

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sorry for the delay on this anyway here's the rest of my disappointments list

No. 04 + No. 03

 

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I've liked pretty much every album Arcade Fire has done to some degree. Going into this cycle I was fully caught up on their discography for the first time and the release of the title track had me mostly on board. The ABBA influences were strong but not discouraging; "Everything Now" is a fine song, achieving a brilliant and yet obviously delicate state of equilibrium. I was so excited I almost pre-ordered one of the bundles. Glad I didn't :devil:

 

The final result, 'Everything Now', is not a terrible album. However, that doesn't stop it from being a poorly sequenced, headache inducing nightmare of a project to get through. Hopefully future re-listens will help it out a bit.

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Ahh we arrive at the first great example of an album I genuinely enjoy making this countdown.

 

The Killers will forever have a special spot in my life: 'Hot Fuss' was one of the first full length albums I really got into and the track "Somebody Told Me" is easily among my top 20 all time favorite singles. In my eyes, the group really can do no wrong. That being said, this album was simply not worth the five year wait. 

 

Sure there's a consistent sound and even a few true gems such as "Tyson vs. Douglas" but there are still quite a few sore spots. Some of the tracks are horribly written, others are underwritten and some are denser than a month old bread loaf. Lyrical shortcomings aside, there's nothing particularly innovative or memorable.

 

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Killers + Arcade Fire tho :jonny5:

Witness :fan:

comment on my best of too hun :celestial:

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No. 2 + No. 1

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Lemme just get this outta of the way: 'DAMN.' is a good album.

 

I'm probably in the minority on this but to me each Kendrick era has yielded a better album than the last, with 'untitled unmastered' being my absolute favorite. So when I heard 'Humble' I was obviously excited. Walking away from the first listen, 'DAMN.' felt decent but disjointed. I singled out only a few standouts.

 

Although this still has a chance to make my top albums list, I'm slightly disgusted (maybe disappointed is a better word) with the almost universal acclaim this received. Overpraising undeserving albums to make up for previous injustices is sad, huh?

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I quite liked their last album and loved the first two singles from this project as well: the  new direction displayed on "Feel It Still" and the heavy "Noise Pollution" were enough to get me excited. Outside of these two tracks, however, 'Woodstock' is ill conceived. The non-singles all sound identical; forgettable with subpar lyrics and uninteresting hooks.

 

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Killers' album is awful, I agree.

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Surprised to see DAMN. higher that Everything Now, which was a total trainwreck imo. I mean I get why some people may not like it, but I gotta give it to him for not wanting to make TPAB 2.0 and heading towards a different, in this case more radio-friendly, direction. Overpraising it is another thing, which obviously bothers me, too. Some critics act as if it was on the same level as his two last albums :priceless:

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I didn't have any expectations for Witness so I wasn't disappointed when it turned out to be a mess :keir:

Not Dua being on the list :'( the album only had like 3 fillers imo

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Surprised to see DAMN. higher that Everything Now, which was a total trainwreck imo. I mean I get why some people may not like it, but I gotta give it to him for not wanting to make TPAB 2.0 and heading towards a different, in this case more radio-friendly, direction. Overpraising it is another thing, which obviously bothers me, too. Some critics act as if it was on the same level as his two last albums :priceless:

true at least he's not stagnating like other artists. DAMN. is obviously better than Everything Now but I wasn't anticipating that one quite as much hence the lower spot :chick3:

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damn. is pretty excellent but i agrih that kendrick's in this place where people are almost afraid to criticise/point the flaws in his work, of which there are a few in damn. 

 

ur #1 song of 16 is flawless too sis 

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Everything that you said about "DAMN." stands! Finally someone said it. That being said, I believe it is still better than most of the abums released this year.

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finally someone who ditches Kendrick :skull: altough I think Damn is his best work to date
both The Man and Everything Now (song) were so ****ing good, so both album kinda failed to raise expectations :rip:

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I agree with Damn. It's very overrated. Although I do like a few tracks.

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WHAT?

Woodstock is AWESOME. DELETE YOUR THREAD NOW. 

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DRAG Everything Now

But nooooooooooooo don't drag The Killers :jonny: I like the album :jonny: 

This must be the only place to find Kendrick on a worst of list :dies: 

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So true re: DAMN. It's winning AOTY only because he was robbed in the past and has a solid body of work overall :shakeno:

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Yep, Wonderful Wonderful disappointed me as well. I didn't have big expectations but it was just very meeeeeh.

Woodstock is the first PTM album I listened to and I enjoyed it :gaycat3: But I've heard it's their poppiest record yet, so I can understand.

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Welcome to my second countdown, highlighting the top 20 worst 'hit' songs of 2017. Prepare to be pissed off cuz lots of ATRL's 'pop girls' made it.

 

To qualify, songs must of either been a single or garnered significant airplay/attention. Arrangements attempting to resemble music created by YouTubers are not songs and are thus not eligible. One song per main artist (sorry Selena :eatpopcorn:). All songs that charted at least one week on my weekly chart are also excluded, no matter how terrible they were in hindsight (looking at you Adam Levine and Co). 

 

And unlike the last list, which contained disappointing, although not necessarily bad albums, this list is composed purely of trash!

 

And if you've commented on my list I'll be sure to comment on yours within the next few days.

 

I, apologize, in, advance, for, excessive, comma, usage.

 

No. 20 - No. 18

 

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Was this really the twentieth worst song of 2017? Doubt I'll ever know: I couldn't even get through a full listen. An Eminem and Beyoncé collaboration being unlistenable kind of says it all doesn't it.

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I hesitated even including this for obvious reasons and I understand that a sugary song like this might have helped ease Chester's pain but god damn it this is absolutely awful. Not only is it littered with terrible lyrics and the most basic instrumental quirks, it features Kiiara of all people. She can't even sing a full sentence!

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I like nearly all of A$AP's work, I somewhat enjoy a fair share of Lana tracks as well but this collaboration did nothing for me all. Y'all can claim this is meant to be a chill party track but we all know this is nothing more than Del Rey mining for a hit. She's better than this.

 

 

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Walk On Water is truly awful, Beyonce's parts aren't but comparing old Eminem to Eminem on this track results in such disappointment.

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Summer Bummer is alright, not in my LFL top 5 but it also doesn't make an appearance in my bottom 5 (I think.)

Only listened to Walk On Water once and it was a bore. Pretty much the same for Heavy, but it's listenable.

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Walk On Water isn't that bad

 

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Your top 20 from last year is full of great songs :fan: Heathens, Ibiza, NBLY, Hello, KIB, and of course the number one :alexz:

 

As for the current list I kinda use Summer Bummer but that would be it, the other two are deserved

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Sans Lana, all of them charted on mine. Good. :clap3: 

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No. 17 - No. 15

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Ding ding ding! It's three years in a row on this list for Hailee. We love a legend :alexz:

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Undermining a serious issue through sh*tty, edgy lyrics to gain airplay is beyond pathetic. Next.

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We didn't want a love song written around Twitter functions back at its peak in 2013 and we most certainly don't want one now.

 

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